The Way It Is

|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | % | add drums: |Cadd9 | % | % | % | % | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | Am7 Em7 Standing in line marking time D Cadd9 G Waiting for the welfare dime D Cadd9 'Cause they can't buy a job Am7 Em7 The man in the silk suit hurries by D Cadd9 G As he catches the poor ladies' eyes D Cadd9 Just for fun he says "get a job" G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// Somethings will never change, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// Ah, but don't you believe them. |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G They say hey little boy you can't go where the others go D Cadd9 'Cause you don't look like they do Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way G D Cadd9 Did you really think about it before you made the rules, he said, son G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// Somethings will never change, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// Ah, but don't you believe them. |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | oo ya |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G Well they passed a law in '64 To give those who ain't got a little more D Cadd9 But it only goes so far Am7 Em7 because the law don't change another's mind D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 When all it sees at the hiring time is the line on the color bar G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// Some things will never change, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// Thats just the way it is, it is, it is, it is, |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 ...fade //// //// ///